Apr 16, 2025 · Gallstones are hard pieces of material that can form in your gallbladder. Learn about causes and treatment for this sometimes painful digestive disorder.

Apr 16, 2025 · Gallstones are hard pieces of material that can form in your gallbladder. Learn about causes and treatment for this sometimes painful digestive disorder.

Oct 23, 2024 · Most often, cholecystitis is the result of hard particles of bile that can form in the gallbladder, called gallstones. Gallstones can block the tube that carries bile when it leaves the …

Feb 28, 2024 · A gallbladder cleanse — also called a gallbladder flush or a liver flush — is an alternative remedy for ridding the body of gallstones. However, there's no reliable evidence that a gallbladder …

Oct 23, 2024 · Learn the causes, symptoms, complications and treatment of gallbladder inflammation.

Apr 15, 2025 · A cholecystectomy can relieve the pain and discomfort of gallstones. Conservative treatments, such as a change in diet, usually can't stop gallstones from coming back.

Aug 1, 2025 · Ursodiol is used to dissolve gallstones in patients who do not need to have their gallbladders removed or in those in whom surgery should be avoided because of other medical …

Jul 15, 2011 · Gallstones usually settle at the bottom of your gallbladder, where they're unlikely to cause problems. Symptoms may arise if a stone migrates up the neck of the gallbladder and blocks the flow …

Dec 6, 2023 · The size of a gallbladder polyp can help predict whether it's cancerous, called malignant, or noncancerous, known as benign. Small gallbladder polyps that are less than 1/2 inch — about 10 …

May 3, 2024 · Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid, called bile, in your gallbladder. They range in size from as small as a grain of sand to as large as a golf ball.